CMSS - Skills Development Centre For People with Disabilities
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Charity Membership
For the grand sum of £5 a year anyone can become a member of The Skills Development Centre. In the past membership has mainly been around the people who set up the charity and the carers of Clients who attend the Centre and some Clients themselves. As with any membership, the numbers have dwindled over the years and we desperately need new members.
As a member you will be invited to the AGM, usually held in September, if you have any ideas that you feel could help the Centre, this would be the opportunity to put them forward. The Charity Commission, who oversee all charities, give members a say in who runs the service and how it is run. At the AGM members elect the officers of our Executive Committee, who at the end of the day decide what kind of service we provide for the Clients. For the main part we just want to widen our membership.
We are also looking to increase our circle of volunteers and if any of you think you can spare the time, we can certainly find you something to do.
If you would like to become a Member of the Charity Please call Betty Morris on 0208 866 3711 and a Membership form will be sent out to you.
CMSS Latest News
Updated January 2010
ATTENTION!
Is your son or daughter changing from Children Services to Adult Services?
Are they in a transitional period where you are looking for suitable day care provision?
Are you looking for a fun packed community service?
If you have said Yes to the above questions – CMSS could be the answer!
CMSS is an excellent Day Care Provider – We offer a varied Community based package that is a mixture of Education, Social and Independent Skills.
Interested?
Why not come along to a Carers & Client information afternoon on Thursday 8th April 2010 from
1-4pm, venue: CMSS Wiltshire Lane, Northwood Hills, Pinner, Middlesex, HA5 2NB
You will be given a tour of facilities at our main base and information about the service we can offer you. A buffet lunch will be provided and plenty of opportunity where your question will be answered.
If you would like to attend our information afternoon, please contact Naheed Judge, Service Manager by email at naheedjusge@hotmail.com by 26th March 2010.
We look forward to seeing you
CMSS Christmas Bazaar 2009We would like to say a big thank you for everyone who helped us in our fundraising events in 2009. The Christams Bazaar was a great success.
There were lots of stalls selling gifts, cards and wrapping paper, hand knitted items, home made cakes and lovely hot food on the day.
We held a raffle, auction and various other games where you could win a prize.
The day raised £4200.00 after deductions, this will all go towards our clients holidays and along with all other monies raised during 2009 will pay for transport, transfers, specialised equipment,general care and anything else that is needed to make our clients have an enjoyable holiday. The money also goes on providing social events throughout the year for our clients.
Please take a look at our calendar page where you will see the holidays we have arranged for 2010.
Once again thank you to everyone who donated gifts, vouchers, bottles and anything else, also thanks to all of you who gave up their time to help either beforehand, on the day or afterwards.
CMSS Lease
We are pleased to announce that our CMSS lease has been renewed for another 5 years until September 2014. This will enable us to further develop and utilise our independent living skills area and our computer suite.
PLEASE HELP!
We are currently looking for a community based building in Central Harrow for our Harrow Community Links Project. This will need to be accessible with accessible, disabled toilets, and be available Monday to Friday 9am-3pm. If you know of any building or large hall, which is available, or is likely to become available in the near future, please contact Betty Morris or Naheed Judge on 02088663711 for further details.
Can you help?
Have you been attending CMSS for 50 years? Has your family been involved with CMSS for many years? We are currently in the process of publishing a book about the history of CMSS and we need any old newspaper cuttings, photographs, letters, or anyting related to the history of CMSS. Please could you forward these to Betty Morris and we will photocopy them with your permission, and give the originals back to you.
Northwood Project Piloted Sept 09
We have implemented our 5th Community Based Northwood Service to provide a service to those clients who require a programme of less physically demanding activities.